Goodbye and hello

Miss Kaiya made a huge change this week.  She said goodbye to her longtime gym in Lafayette and moved to a new gym in Loveland.  She has been at Mountain Gym for 5 years and called it home.  We made the decision to move her because we learned that there are two other girls in our neighborhood who go to a gym in Loveland and they were happy to add another to their carpool.  In just one week, we've cut our driving time to the gym and back by two-thirds.

Kaiya and I both cried our eyes out as we left.  We will miss the girls, the coaches and all the parents so much.  The new gym has been so welcoming and within a couple days, she was already being invited to hang out with the girls at their homes.  It is a more intense schedule and I was worried it was going to be too much (and Kaiya has been given every opportunity to bail on gymnastics altogether), but she is loving it.  She is now training 22 hours a week!

We had the opportunity to see her old coach last week that moved to North Carolina last summer, which was so fun.  And, she gets to go to Lake Owen again this summer with two of her Mountain Gym buddies, so that has helped with the transition as well.

Getting to see Danae again! 

So proud of this girl for being a trooper and helping us make a change that ultimately benefits the whole family.